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Senate membership update

31 Jan 2023

Senate recently voted to increase the size of its membership, from 70 to 100 members

Senate membership

The following members have been added:

  • Nine Heads of School added to Senate as ex-officio members;
  • Nine Chairs of School Boards added to Senate as elected members;
  • Nine elected members added to Senate to maintain the ratio of two elected members for every one ex-officio member;
  • Three additional student members

In addition to the nine new elected members, a tenth place was available in Humanities, to replace a member who recently retired from the University; and an eleventh place became available in Biology, Medicine and Health, because of a change in membership status.

The 11 new elected members of Senate from 1 February 2023 are:

Faculty of Science and Engineering

  • Professor Mike Barnes, School of Engineering
  • Professor Frederick Currell, Dalton Nuclear Institute
  • Dr Duncan Hull, School of Engineering
  • Dr Bernardo Magri, School of Engineering

Faculty of Humanities

  • Dr Tine Breban, School of Arts, Languages and Cultures
  • Dr Ola Demkowicz, School of Environment, Education and Development
  • Dr Carl Emery, School of Environment, Education and Development

Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

  • Professor Sheena Cruickshank, School of Biological Sciences
  • Dr Jen McBride, School of Health Sciences
  • Andrew Mawdsley, School of Health Sciences
  • Dr Hema Radhakrishnan, School of Health Sciences

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